End of the year review

What is the term for the movement of individuals into a population?

• Emigration

• Immigration

• Migration

• Transmigration

What do decomposers eat?

• Living plants

• Dead things

• Fresh fruits

• Animal bones

What is the term for a group of organisms of the same species living in the same area?

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Habitat

What is the process by which nutrients are recycled in an ecosystem?

• Decomposition

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Transpiration

What is the smallest unit of an element?

• Molecule

• Atom

• Compound

• Ion

What is the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight?

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Transpiration

• Fermentation

What is the process by which water vapor turns into liquid water?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Sublimation

What is a substance made of two or more elements chemically combined?

• Element

• Compound

• Mixture

• Solution

What is the term for the maximum population size that an environment can sustain?

• Carrying capacity

• Population density

• Ecological footprint

• Biodiversity

What is the role of producers in an ecosystem?

• To create energy through photosynthesis.

• To consume energy from other organisms.

• To decompose organic matter.

• To regulate the population of consumers.